Clasp



D. ZAIDEN.

CLASP.

APPLICATION LED JULY 19, 1919. RENEWED SEPT. 15, 2920.

1,.368,59.5.- Patented Fb. 15, 1921.,

UNITED srarns-- en raar ormes.

DAVICD ZAIDEN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LASP.

Application filed July 19, 1919, Serial No. 311,962.

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Be it known that I, DAVID ZAIDEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, New York county, New York State have invented certain new and useful Iniprovements in Clasps, of which the following is a specification This invention relates to clasps and comprises two oppositely situated plates with a spring conneetion, that normally keeps the:rn separated, and having coperating jaws and one plate with perf0rated lips extendmg throngh openings in.the other, the object of the invention being to locate fabrics and the like such as scarfs and neckties between the: jaws to hold them to the shirt or to pass a stick pin through the perforated lips so that the adjacent plate ivill exert a pressure thereon and look it within a tie and prevent its loss.

These and other details and objecte of the invention Will be more fully described in the following specification, set fortn in the appended claims and illnstrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is an enlarged perspective view of the clasp.

F ig. 2 is a front view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view.

Fig. 1 is a rear view.

Figs. 5 and 6 are top plan views of the device clasping a stick pin and a scarf respectively.

The views in the drawings are greatly enlarged so that the device may be more clearly shown and the whole is stamped from a single piece of sheet metal and comprises the two plates 10 and 11 united by the resilient bow 12 and normally sprung away from each other as best shown in Fig. 3.

The outer ends of the plate have cop erating jaws 13 and 1 1 for engaging and holding fabrics such as sleeves, scarfs, ties napkins and articles of apparel. The jaws 13 have a short right angle turn While the jaws 14 extend beyond plate 11, tnrn et a right angle parallel With jaws 13 and then cnrve toward the latter and impinge their o extremities.

The operation of these jaws is shown in Specification cf Letters ?atent.

Renewed September 15, 1920. Sera] No. 410,485.

Fig. 6 where they are shown grasping a shirt plat and a scarf to secnre the latter.

In the side of plate 11 are ont two openings 15 and 16 and in plate 10 are stamped similar openings 17 and 18. The metal is left attaehed to the bases of openings 17 and 18, and is bent at right angles through the openinas 15 and 16 and beyond the side of plate 11 to form lips 19 with angnlar perforations 20 preferably triangnlar so as to grip any pin or wire passed throngh them.

It Will be seen in Fig. 3 that the side 11 when sprung outward to its limit Will partly cover the perforations 20 and if a pin 21, such as shown in Fig. 5, is run through the perforations when the plate is depressed, the said pin Will be grasped in the acute angles of the perforations and held there against loss. The jaws 13 and 14 may also engage the tie in WhiCh the pin 21 is employed and donbly scoute the pin if it is a valuable one. lhe clasp Will, when used for a pin he located near the lower end of the latter so that it cannot be pulled out.

in order to readily manipulate the clasp it is provided with tongues 22 extending ontward trom between the jaws of both plates and when pressed toward each other by the fingers Will open the jaws and the perforations 20.

It is obvious that the parts may be other wise arranged or modified withont departing from the essential featnres above described or from the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim as new is:

1. n a clasp, the combination of two op positely disposed members substantially parallel with each other united by a flexible section and one member having perfora tiens lips with gripping perforations pro jecting from one member and playing through said perforations of the other mem ber, jaws at the outer ends of the members and limiting their ontward movement, and handles at the enter ends of the members to compress them and open the jaws.

2. In a clasp, the combination of a plate oomprising two oppositely disposed mern bers with flexible connections and having perforations in one of the members, gripping 1ips extendng from the other member name to this specificati0n in the presence of and playing through the perforations, an two subscribing wicnesses this 27th day of upturned-jaw on one of the members, and June, 1919.

an overlapping jaw on the other member DAVID ZAIDEN. adapted to grip an object and limit the sep Witnesses: aration of the jaws. DAVID SNYDER,

In testimony whereof I have signed my JAMES F. DUHAMEL. 

